Top 3 Creative Central Coast Wedding Portrait Photographers for 2024

Page Updated: January 31st, 2024

Wouldn’t you just love to hire a top creative Central Coast wedding photographer to create artistic portraits on your big day? The Artistic Guild of the Wedding Photojournalist Association is here to help! Wedding photojournalists are, first and foremost, photographers — creative artists, in other words. In the AG contests, WPJA members exhibit their skills at digitally enhanced Central Coast couple portraits.

Four Artistic Guild contests for Central Coast wedding portraits are held annually, entered and judged separately from the regular WPJA competitions of moments. After each creative photo contest, we add another collection of award-winning portraits to our member profile galleries.

Want to have a top Central Coast creative wedding photographer take some unique and artistic portraits? In a portrait (for these purposes), the photographer has staged the couple, the bridal party, or other participants or groups — such as family, friends, or children — on the day of the wedding. One distinguishing feature of portraits is that the subjects are aware of the camera and are maintaining their positions for the sake of the photograph.

Northern CA, Wedding Photography by Joyce Perlman, serving Carmel and Big Sur

Joyce Perlman, a US-based wedding photographer, stands out for her unique approach to capturing weddings through a combination of contemporary and documentary-style photography. With a background in fine art and visual design, Joyce's artistic eye shines through in her portrait sessions, often taking advantage of natural settings like trees, the wilderness, and the golden hour to create stunning images.

Wedding and elopement photography by Will Tee - SW Wedding Photo Studio

Will Tee is an artistic wedding photographer known for his creative portrait sessions and artful detail imagery. He is skilled at using symmetrical framing and creating perfectly balanced images.

Portrait of Loren Haar, Engagement, Elopement and Wedding Photographer

Loren Haar is a traveling wedding photographer who has a knack for capturing genuine emotions on camera. Whether in the countryside or at vineyards, Loren feels right at home taking beautiful portraits.